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Our Part in Feeding the Nation (Special Information Sex-vice, United States Department of Agriculture.) OUNCE OF PREVENTION? BUCKET OF WATER ' I ? Fire on an Unprepared Farm Usually Makes a Clean Sweep. PREVENT BLAZES ON EVERY FARM Fire Buckets Should Be Handy in Buildings Not Otherwise Protected. LOSS ANNUALLY IS IMMENSE Salt In Water Keeps Emergency Sup ply From Freezing ? Special Fire Pails With Rounded Bottom Are Most Favored. SAWDUST CHOKES OIL BLAZE. Have a bucket of sawdust ready to choke an oil blaze ? es pecially in the garage or around the gas engine. Adding two or three pounds of common soda to a bucket of sawdust improves it as an extinguisher. Spread it with a scoop. Water is of little use where oil is blazing ? it may spread the llame. Sand, while good to smother fires, is a bad thing te pour on machinery. Millions of dollars' worth of agricul tural wealth ? much of it food ? is de stroyed by fire in the United States every year. At normal prices and with an average crop it %vould take the value of the greater part of the potato crop of the country to offset all that Is lost annually through the fires on farms. This is a dead loss to the nation ? for the fact that qiost individual losers are partially reimbursed through In surance does not in the least reduce the drain on our national resources ? and it is a loss that is largely pre ventable. Simple ways to reduce this great waste are suggested in Farmers' Bulletin 904, "Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting on the Farm," issued for free distribution by the United State department of agriculture. The fire bucket, according to the writers of the bulletin, is the oldest, simplest and cheapest fire extinguish er, and should be in every farm build ing and home not equipped with more elaborate fire-fighting equipment. Round Bottom Buckets Best. Any kind of bucket filled with water and placed handily is good, but spe cial fire buckets with rounded bottoms like a kettle are best. There is no temptation to use such buckets for ordinary purposes and they are much more likely to be left hung on the brackets or ih the round holes cut for ?them In shelves. Any kind of fire buckets should be specially painted or labeled and never used for any pur pose other than fire fighting. They should be placed near entrances and near the top of stairways or ladders where they can easily be reached on entering the building or loft. Several buckets nested In a barrel of water are an effective device. Needless to say, the fire buckets should always be kept filled by replac ing the water lost by evaporation. If the buckets are covered, water will not evaporate so rapidly nor get STORT GASOLINE UNDER GROUND. Gasoline is never safely stored until It is in an underground tank. The vapor from a single pint will render the air in an ordinary sized room explosive. Heavier than air, the gasoline vapor rpsts near the flew or gTound, and n person standing may be unconscious of the dan ger until he plnees a Jantem in ^ the danger zone. full of dust und dirt aud become of- j fensive. Water can be kept from freezing In all except very low tem- j peratures by adding a couple of pounds ! of common salt to each bucketful. A single bucket of water may check a ' fire when the delay in getting water from a pump would allow the blaze to ' become uncontrollable. In buildings a long way from a water supply, a cask or tub of water from which to refill buckets is very desirable. There is a right and a wrong way to throw water on a fire. Don't j become excited. Spread the watei ! with a sweeping motion all over the. flaming material. Water thrown hastily may miss the blaze or fail to spread properly over the burning material. A fire chief of an eastern city at a demonstration put out an angry fire ol oil-soaked material by calmly applying ten cupfuls of water where they would do the most good. Examine Beans for Poisons. The port laboratories of the bureau of chemistry of the United States de partment of agriculture are giving special attention to detecting poison ous beans offered for import to thia country. According to the annual re port of the bureau of chemistry, the high price of beans has led to ship ment of so-called Burma or Rangoon beans from Asia and tapiramos beans from South America, which are knowD <$><?>^x$xSxSx$xS>?x$>^x$x$>^?x$x$><?x$xS><$><Sx$xS:,<$><S <?> i; AMERICA'S AGRICULTURAL 4 ARMY. | In the field of agriculture we q have agencies and instrumentali- 2 ties, fortunately, such as no oth- <| er government in the world can * show. The department of agri- <| culture is undoubtedly the great- % est practical and scientific agri- <? cultural organization in the world. Its total annual budget of $46,000,000 has been increased during the last four years more than 72 per cent. It has a staff of 18,000, including a large num ber of highly trained experts, and alongside of it stand the unique land-grant colleges, which are without example else where, and the 69 state and fed eral experiment stations. These colleges and experiment stations have a total endowment of plant and equipment of $172,000,000 and an income of more than $35, 000,000, with 10,271 teachers, a resident student body of 125,000, and a vast additional number receiving instruction at their homes. County agents, joint of ficers of the department of agri culture and of the colleges, are everywhere co-operating with the farmers and assisting them. The number of extension work ers under the Smith-Lever act and under the recent emergency legislation has grown to 5,500 men and women working regu larly in the various communi ties and taking to the farmer the latest scientific and practical Information. Alongside these great public agencies stand the very effective farmers them selves which are more and more learning the best methods of co operation and the best methods of putting to practical use the assistance derived from govern mental sources. ? From Presi dent Wilson's message to farm ers, January 31. to yield hydrocyanic acid under some conditions. Shipments indicating the presence of hydrocyanic acid were therefore excluded as being dangerAus to health. These poisonous beans are 1 varieties of lime beans of various col-j ors, and in shape may not be unlike the common navy bean. On careful in- j epection they may be distinguished from the common bean by the fact that, unlike the common bean, they show distinct striatlons. or stripes, radiating from the eye to the edge, There are also other less noticeable differences. Helping the Neat and Milk Supply (Special Information Service, United States Department of Agriculture.) YOUR DAIRY OPEN TO INSPECTION. OR CRITICISM. The Way to Get Clean Milk: Clean Milkers, Clean Cows, Clean Barn, Small-Top Pail. ? CLEAN MILK IS MOST DESIRABLE Various Methods of Milking Should Stand Eye Test of Customers. KEEP OUT HARMFUL BACTERIA Ordinary Common-Sense Rules of Cleanliness Will Do Much to Pre vent Contamination ? Clean Stable Before Milking. Suppose, Mr. Dairyman, your cus tomers should step into your dairy barn unannounced at milking time ? would you be likely to lose some of th^m as a result of things they saw? Would they see cleanly dressed milk ers in a clean barn, milking from clean cows into clean pails? Or would they see another picture which need not be drawn but which is all too com mon, even in these days of improved dairy methods ? a picture whose re flection Is the layer of sediment which the consumer will see if he holds up a bottle of milk from such a dairy and looks at the bottom of it? Keep Out the Germs. Ordinary common-sense rules of cleanliness at milking time will do much to prevent contamination of milk by the easiest ways. Unless considerable care is taken, large num bers of bacteria may find their way into the milk during the process of milking. Cows should be milked in clean, well-lighted stables. By taking great pains it may be possible to pro duce good milk in a dark or dirty stable, but it is extremely improbable that the average dairyman will obtain a desirable product under such con ditions. Grooming and feeding the cows, as well as cleaning the stable and remov ing the' manure, should not be done Just before milking, as these opera tions fill the air with odors, dust, and bacteria which may contaminate the milk. > After grooming and before milking, the udders, flanks and bellies of the cows should be carefully wiped with a damp cloth to remove any dust or loose hairs which might fall into tho pail. In some dairies where milk con taining an exceptionally small number of bacteria Is produced, the cows' ud ders are washed twice in clean water and then wiped with a clean cloth. Only those persons who are free from ? >/$> | SMALL-TOP MILK PAILS KEEP OUT HARMFUL GERMS. In modern dairies where clean milk Is produced the small-top milk pail is a necessity, as It presents only a small opening Into which dust and dirt may fall from the air or from the cow's body. It has been found by experience that the use of a pail of this kind greatly reduces the numbed of bacteria In milk from dairies where it is used. Many types of milk pails are for^ sale, but any tinner by the addi tion of a hood can convert any ordinary pail into a small-top pall. communicable disease should be al lowed to handle or even enter the stable or dairy house. Clean Clothes for Milker. After the cows are prepared for milking, each milker should thoroueh ly wash his hands and put on clean overalls and a jumper or wear u suit, preferably white, which Is used for po other purpose. The suit must be klpt. clean and occasionally sterilized steam or hot water. Sanitary top milk pails should he used. Milkers should be allowed to 0 . 1 1 only with dry hands. Tho practice of wetting the hands with inilk is a tilthy one and in the winter is likely to cause the teats to chap, Milking should be done quickly and thoroughly with no violent Jerking of the teats. After each cow's milk Is drawn it should be removed Immediately to the milk bouse. The milker should remember always that he Is handling n human food which is very easily contaminated. Soap, clean water, and towels must be readily accessible and tho hands should bo washed after milking each cow; this is commonly done on many first-class dairy farms. The use of a clean milking stool will do much to prevent soiling the hands. Poison Stock's Fly Enemies. By poisoning with arsenic the car casses of large juilmals which cannot be promptly burned or buried, large numbers of flies which are capable of serious injury to meat-producing ani mals can be killed. Dead carcasses should be partly skinned, the flesh slashed, and a solution of one pound of white arsenic boiled In five gallons of water should be applied freely. After a few days the carcass may be turned over and the other side treated similarly. After it has thus served as a poisoner, the carcass should be burned or buried. GIVE PIG PLACE IN THE SUN. Remember this In making your piggery ready for the spring war litters : A little pig loves sunshine and needs It almost as much as he needs food. No piggery is fit for the purpose un less it admits direct sunshine onto the floor of every pen at the time the pigs are farrowed, furnishes plenty of fresh air and provides exercise in the open air. Hryness, sunshine, warmth, fresh air, freedom from drafts and exercise are of primary importance In raising pigs. These secured, the job Is half done. In putting up build ings the six requirements just mentioned must be kept con stantly in mind. Not one can be neglected. Ideal Site for Dairy. Whenever possible the cow stable should be on high ground with good natural drainage. Poultry houses, hog sheds, manure piles or surroundings which pollute the stable air and fur nish breeding places for flies should not be near the cow stable. The silo may be connected with the stable by a feed room, but it should be shut off by a tight door. This is convenient and also prevents silage odors In the sta ble except at feeding time. After the silage has been fed, the stable can be thoroughly aired before the next milk ing period. An Ideal site for a barnyard Is a south slope which drains away from the stable. If the barnyard is inclined to be muddy, it should be improved by drainage and by the use of cinders or gravel. A clenn yard Is a great help in keeping the cows from becom ing dirty with mud and manure. Pure Air for Pure Milk. Every cow stable should have a system of ventilation to keep the air fresh and pure and the cows com fortable" without exposing them to in jurious drafts. Bad odors in the stable indicate that the ventilation Is deficient. At least 500 cubic feet of air space should be provided for each cow. Farmers who desire to provide proper ventilation in cow stables can obtain Information on this point by applying to the dairy division of the United States department of agricul ture. Loss From Lightning. By far tho greater part of an annual loss In the United States of $8,000,000 from lightning 1? In the rural dis tricts, points out a farm fire preven tion bulletin of the United States de partment of agriculture. NOTICE SALE OF TOWN LOT. By virtue of authority contained in a mortgage deed executed by James A. Pierce and Ora Pierce to the un dersigned on February 26th, 1917 and m-i>rded in Book No. 37, page 205 of Johnston County, I will on Marcli 29th, 1918, expose for sale to the highest bidder a lot of land situate in the town of Kenly, N. C., and described as follows: Being lot No. 8 in block No. 2 in the J. T. Revell plot. Size of lot 50 feet by 150 feet, fronting 50 feet on Tilghmon Street, and further known as part of t he Jesse Kirby land. This Feb. 25th, 1918. WILEY II. HOWELL, Mortgagee. MORTGAGEE'S SALE. Under and by virtue of the powers contained in a certain mortgage deed, executed to me by Delia Norris, February 2, 1917, said mortgage be ing of record in the registry of John ston County, in Book No. 27 at page 30. Default having been made in the payments of bonds secdred by said mortgage deed, I will on Monday, the 1st day of April, 1918, at 12 o'clock 1 M., at the Court House door in the I town of Smithfield, N. C., sell to the | highest bidder, for cash, the following 'described property, to-wit: Lot No. 5 in block No. 34 as shown on the new map of the town of Ben son, N. C., prepared by Reddick, Man and Hale, during the year 1914, and fronting Mill Street on the North 50 feet and running back 140 feet to an alley, containing a fractional part of an acre. This the 1st day of March, 1918. W. J. WEAVER, Mortgagee. Jamqp Raynor, Atty. This mortgage was given to secure purchase price of the above described premises. SALE UNDER EXECUTION. Under and by virtue of an execu tion directed to the Sheriff of Johnston County from the Clerk of the Superior Court of Harnett County, N. C., under a judgment duly docketed in said Court in faver of R. F. Smith and against B. A. Norris, and also execu tions directed to the undersigned from Harnett County in favor of Durham Notion Company anil vs. B. A. Norris, A. S. White & Company vs. B. A. Norris et als. said judgment being duly docketed in Johnston County, the | undersigned will offer for sale for cash, to satisfy said executions, to the highest bidder at the Courthouse door in Smithfield, N. C., at 12:00 o'clock on Monday the 1st day of April, 1918, the following described lands, to-wit: That certain lot and bouse in the t' wn of Benson, N. C. conveyed to B. A. Notris by C. F. Neighbors, the deed to which is of record in the Regis try of Johnston County in Book 37, page 201, said lot being dc3cribcd as follows: Bounded on the north by the lands of Preston Woodall, on the East by the right-of-way of the Atlantic Coast iLine Railroad, and on the South and West by the lands of Alonzo Parrish, and is known as Lot No. 4 in Block J of the Plan of the Town of Benson, N .C., being a lot 60 feet by 140 feet. This 27th day February, i 018. T< rms, cash. Time, April 1st, 1918, at 12:00 M., the Court House do >r in Smithfield, N. C. W. F. GRIMES, Sheriff of Johnston County. IN THE SUPERIOR* COURT BE FORE THE CLERK. North Carolina, Johnston County. Jacob Boykin et. al. vs. Hackney Boykin et. al. The undersigned Commissioners pur suant to a decree of the Superior Court entitled in the above cause, on March 1, 1918, the undersigned Com missioners will for the fourth time offer for sale, at Public Auction, at the Court House door, in the town of Smithfield, N. C., the 16th day of March, 1918, at 12 o'clock M., the 557 acre tract of land be longing to the estate of L. H. Boykin, deceased, which was sub-divided and plotted by E. P. Lore, engineer, into eight (8) tracts. The upshot bid was made on the whole, therefore, the tract will be sold as a whole. Terms of sale, oneMialf cash, .of which 10 per cent will be required to be deposited with the Commissioners on the day of sale, and the remainder of one-half of purchase price to be paid upon confirmation of the sale by the Court; the balance paid upon six (6) and twelve (12) months with interest at 6 per cent from date of sale. This the 1st day of March, 1918. ASHLEY BOYKIN, F. II. BROOKS, Trustees. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Administer on the estate of Spicey Pope, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 5th day of February, 1919, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons ndebted to said estate will mfke immediate payment. This 4th day of February, 1918. J. R. POPE, Administrator. Coats, N. C. Ezra Parker, Attorney. SALE OF BUGGY WHEELS. On Saturday, March 23, 1918, at 2 o'clock p. m., I shall sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash one set of buggy wheels belonging to Jim Whitfield. These wheels will be sold to get service charges. J. II. HOLLAND. Kenly, N. C. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Administrator on the estate of Sir William Johnson, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 5th day of February, 1919, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of re covery; and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate pay ment. This 4th day of February, 1918. JAMES D. PARKER. __Ad?i?isU-ator. SALE OF VALUABLE LAND. Under and by virtue of a judgment of the Superior Court of Johnston County, entered at the February Term, 1918, in an action entitled Alonzo Parrish vs. Man Norris et als. the undersigned commissioners, ap pointed by the Court in said judg ment, w\ll offer for sale for cash to the highest bidder, before the Court House door in Smithfield, Johnston County, N. C,. at 12:00 M, on Tursday, the 28th day of March, 1918, the following described property, to wit: One Lot in the town of Benson, N. C., being and lying on Harnett Street fronting said street 70 feet and run ning back parallel with Wall Street 120 feet, it being Lot No. 3 in Block 47 of the Plan of the town of Ben son, N. C., as shown on the map of Reddick, Mann & Hales. Sale of the said lot is being made for partition thereof among the tenants in com mon. This 22nd day February, 1918. Terms: Cash. Time: March 28th, 1918, at 12f00 M., at the Court House door in Smithfield, N. C. J. R. BARBOUR, It. L. GODWIN, Commissioners. SALE FOR PARTITION. Under and by virtue of a decree, in the Superior Court of Johnston Coun ty .entered on February 1, 1918, in a special proceeding, entitled Ashley Johnson, Robert Johnson, et als. heirs at law of Alzoura Johnson, Sir William Johnson and Emma Johnson, Ex Parte, appointing the undersigned commissioner to sub-divide and sell said land and I will on Monday, March 25, 1918, at noon, in front of the Court House in the town of Smithfield, North Carolina, offer for sale to the highest bidder at public outcry the following de scribed tracts of real estate: 1st. Tract: Beginning at a stake in the Sir William Johnson line and runs N. 5, E. 54 poles to a stake; thence S. 82 1-2, E. 39 1-2 poles to a stake; thence S. 7 1-2, W. 53 poles to a stake in the Sir William Johnson line; thence N. 85 W. 37 1-2 poles to tho beginning and containing 13 acres and being that part of the Alzoura Johnson lands allotted to Sir William Johnson in the division of the lands of his brother, Curtis Johnson, deceased, and being lot No. 1 in the aforesaid sub-division. 2nd. Tract: Beginning at a stake in N. R. Parker's line and runs N. 85, W. 78 poles to a stake; thence S. 5, W. 30 poles to a stake; thence S. 85 E. 8 and 7-10 poles to Southwest corner of the graveyard lot; thence along tho graveyard lot 8 and 7-10 poles to the Southeast corner of the graveyard lot; thence in the same direction 53 poles to a stake in the N. R.Parker line; thence N. 29 1-2 E. along the N. R. Parker line 30 poles to the be ginning, containing 14 acres, except the graveyard lot of about 3-4 of an acre which is not conveyed and being lot No. 2 in the sub-division made by the commissioner by virtue of the order of the court. 3rd. Tract: Beginning at a stake, a corner of lot No. 2 and runs N.85 W. 09 and 3-10 poles across the Burnal, to a stake in the western edge of the Sir William Johnson mill pond at the high water mark, Curtis W. John son's corner; thence southward along the high-water mark to a stake in the Curtis W. Johnson line; thence S. 85 E. 50 poles to a stake, a corner of lot No. 2, near the graveyard; thence N. 5, E. 30 poles to the beginning, con taining 10 acres and being lot No. 3, in the aforesaid sub-division. 4th. Tract: Beginning at a stake cor ner of lot No. 3, and 6 in this sub-di~ vision and runs N. 85. W .50 poles to a stake in the western high-water mark of the Sir William Johnson mill pond, in the Curtis W. Johnson line; thence South along said high-water mark to a stake; thence S. 4, W. along the Curtis W. Johnson line 62 poles to a stake; thence N. 8?, W. 12 and 7-10 poles to a stake; thence S. 4, W. 17 poles to a stake; thence S. 85, E. 48% poles to a stake in the line of lot No 6 in the division; thence N. 5, E. 8i poles to the beginning, containing 2'. acres and being lot No. 4 in the afore said sub-division. 5th. Tract: Beginning at a stake in Hannah's Creek, near the old fish trap, a corner of lot No. 6, and runs N. 5, E. 45 1-2 poles to a stake, a cor ner of lot No. 4; thence N. 85. W. 48 1-2 poles to a stake; thence S. 4, W. 21 and 7-10 poles to a stake; thence N. 86, W. 13 poles to a stake; thencft S. 4, W. 64 poles to a stake in the run of Hannah's Creek; thence down the run of said creek to the be ginning, containing 26 acres and be ing lot No. 5 in the aforesaid sub division. 6th. Tract: Beginning at a stake, a corner of lot No. 2, and runs S. 29 1-2, W. 108 poles to a blackgum in the run of Burnal Swamp; thence down the run of said swamp to the run of Hannah's Creek; thence up the run of Hannah's Creek to a stake at the old fish trap, near the Syrock lands; thence N. 5, E. 128 1-2 poles to a stake, another corner of lot No. 2; thence S. 85, E. 70 and 4-10 poles to the beginning, and containing 41 acres and being lot No. 6 in the afore said sub-division. This description includes within its boundaries tne 5 acre tract of land, near Hannah's Creek entirely surrounded by the lands of this tract, and known as the old Syrock place, and now owned by B. Parker. Terms of sale, one-third cash and the balance payable January 1, 1919, title reserved until all the purchase money is paid. This 20th day of February, 1918. JAMES D. PARkER, Commissioner. Parker & Parker, Attys.